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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Southern Saturday {vol 9} Southern State of Mind

Friday night I went to the Lady Antebellum concert.
The opening act was Darius Rucker aka HOOTIE, of Hootie & The Blowfish.
I gotta say. Hootie rocked it out!
As I was listening to him play, he played this song I had never heard.
I immediately thought- "Southern Saturday!" Here's why-

Southern State of Mind- Darius Rucker

I was up in New York City just the other weekYou should've seen the waitress face when I ordered sweet teaShe said we don't have that here and I apologizedI said please forgive me I'm in a southern state of mind

And those girls out in California they don't understandThey don't like it when I hold the door or when I say yes ma'amThey act like I done something wrong and they give me the evil eyeI say honey I'm sorry I'm in a southern state of mindI could be anywhereIn my heart I'm always thereWhere they drink sweet tea and they raise you to be politeNo changin' who I amThat's the way I've always beenNo matter what state I'm inI'm in a southern state of mind

I'm always walkin' round tellin' everybody hiJust a wavin' at the strangers in the cars passin' bySome people may look at me and say that boy just ain't rightHey y'all I ain't crazy I'm in a southern state of mind

You can see it in the clothes I wear, you can hear it when I talkBall cap, boots and jeans and a little southern drawlI could be up in Ohio or back home in CarolineNo matter what state I'm inI'm in a southern state of mindDon't matter what state I'm inI'm in a southern state of mindA southern state of mind

It might be my new favorite song. It truly explains being southern, in a non-southern area.